aka 'cruisers gone wild'
you know when your watching a tv show and the young people go on spring break and let loose and you think to yourself 'no one really acts like that' ex) marissa on the oc in tj
well i hate to pop that dilusional bubble, but... spring breakers really do act like that and worse. due to the cheapness and length of our ships itnerary we are plagued by these get drunk every hour breakers. now if we were a party boat this infestation would be no problem, heck we would even be used to it. however, our clientele is usually of a more conservative nature. so when last week we were fully over loaded booked and had 500+ young people came tramping down the gangway we all knew that it was going to be a long cruise. a few complaints here a few complaints there smooth sailing until we added an extra sea day due to weather. that just added another full day of drinking on the ship with no relief in sight. finally miami's coast line. we loaded only to find 600+ breakers eagerly awaiting boarding. so this cruise is seven left of the 4 and 5 day run with the not so silver lining of all of them falling within the spring break period. thats right we have seven cruises left of complaints from our regular aged guests due to all the noise, dress code not being adhered to, mess, rudeness, ect... and complaints from the spring breaker generation about lack of things to do, the cost of drinks, the legal age to drink, ect... man am i glad i only work in the bank and not at the guest relations desk.
well enough old lady ranting: i do have two stories to tell that were made possible by these rawdy breakers.
1-- very cute guy comes to the bank desk looking for his room. this question after the whole day in mexico drinking. i am eating peanuts so he asks if he can have one, i say sure. he then asks if i want to hear a story, i have been sitting slightly bored for the last hour so i say again sure. he proceeds to tell me about this old lady by the pool
"there is this old lady using a peanut contianer as an ashtray upstairs. shes sitting by the pool just inhaling the smoke and tapping the ashes into this container. that's not the funny part. she sits there smoking and reading then she finishes her smoke puts the lid on the container, puts her book aside, stands up and bends down to pull on her water wings! water wings!!! she slips them on her arms like she is putting on a pair of expensive gloves, then she gets in the water for a few laps, gets out, removes the water wings, sits down, gets her book and peanut contianer and starts smoking and reading again. then after shes sat there for a while she puts the lid on the container, puts the book down, puts on the water wings and gets in the pool'
hmmmm... good story? he figures it is and decides it worth another peanut. then he asks if the crew talk about guests and if he is now going to be a story i tell. well i guess he is. after all of this he goes the wrong way to his room. all i can say is at least he gave me something to do for half an hour and man did i laugh.
2-- the other story is actually a guest realations story:
stefanie 'these two guys come to the desk, the one guy is talking to princess about something she had helped him with earlier meanwhile his friend is standing with his hand down his pants not just the first layer but both! i looked at his hand down his pants then his face then his hand with a look of disgust and still he kept fonduling himself. i had to turn around i couldnt watch any more. the guy finishes with princess and shakes her hand and then the friend having finished his inspection pulls his hand out and offers it to princess!! and hse not knoing what to do shakes his hand' 'talk about classy'
i am still laughing at this one, what makes it even better is that teh two guys walk by my desk at least five times a day and say "hello bank" and "BANK". plus the down the pants guy, stood just in front of the bank and massaged himself foe a minute or so before proceeding to guest realations the other day, at least this time his hands were both visible. dude, it just does not get any better than this.
well thats all i have for now.
ciao
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